Board of TRUSTEES
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State Bar President
Jon Streeter
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Beginning In 2012, the governance structure of the State Bar has changed. The State Bar’s governing board, formerly known as the Board of Governors, has been renamed the Board of Trustees. Between January 1, 2012, and October 31, 2014, the board will gradually transition from 23 to 19 members.
The current 23-member board includes: fifteen lawyers who were elected by members of the State Bar in nine former State Bar Districts; a 16th lawyer elected by the California Young Lawyers Association (CYLA) Board of Directors; six "public" or nonlawyer members of whom four are appointed by California's Governor, one by the state Senate Committee on Rules and one by the Speaker of the Assembly; and the State Bar president, who is elected by the other board members and serves as the board’s 23rd member.
As the terms of the current 23 members expire between 2012 and 2014, they will gradually be replaced by the smaller 19-member board selected as follows:
- Six lawyer members elected from new State Bar Districts based on California’s six appellate court districts;
- Five lawyer members appointed by the California Supreme Court;
- Two lawyer members appointed by the Legislature, with one by the Senate Committee on Rules and one by the Speaker of the Assembly; and
- Six public members as described above
The Board of Trustees meets approximately eight times a year to debate organizational, policy and professional issues. Each meeting includes a public and a confidential session and agendas are posted on the Web site.
The State Bar's open/closed meeting rules are similar to rules governing California's public agencies; the Bagley-Keene Open Meeting Act (Govt. Code Sections 11120, et seq.) and the Brown Act (Govt. Code Sections 54950, et seq.)